Rural Municipality of Stanley No. 215, Saskatchewan
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RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF STANLEY NO. 215
BYLAW NO. 6-2019
A BYLAW TO REGULATE THE USE OF STREETS, ROADS AND PUBLIC ROAD ALLOWANCES
Whereas pursuant to clauses 8(1)(f) and (g) of The Municipalities Act, a council of a rural municipality is
authorized to make bylaws, subject to The Highway Traffic Act, relating to the use of vehicles and the
regulation of pedestrians and in relation to streets and roads; and
Whereas it is necessary and advisable to enact a bylaw to regulate the use of streets, roads and public
road allowances and to provide for the safe operation and travel of all vehicles within the rural
municipality;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Rural Municipality of Stanley No. 215, in the Province of
Saskatchewan, enacts as follows:
Title
1. This Bylaw may be referred to as the Traffic Bylaw.
Definitions
2. In this bylaw:
a) "highway" means a road allowance, road, street or public highway as defined in The Highways
and Transportation Act, 1997, that is under the direction, control and management of the
municipality, and includes the shoulder of the roadway;
b) "motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle as defined in section 2 of The Traffic Safety Act;
c) "park" means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, on a highway, otherwise
than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading, or in
obedience to traffic regulations, traffic signs or signals, or the direction of a traffic officer or
constable;
d) "vehicle" includes a vehicle, trailer, semi-trailer or motor vehicle.
Parking prohibited
3. No person shall park a vehicle on any highway.
Speed limits
4. No person shall operate a vehicle on a highway at a speed greater than:
a) 80 kilometers per hour; or
b) the maximum speed indicated by any signs that are erected on the highway by the
municipality.
Signs
5. No person shall deface, injure, destroy or remove any sign or marker erected by the municipality
for the purposes of this Bylaw.
Encumbrances on highways and public places
6. (1) Unless authorized by Council, no person shall:
a) dig holes in any highway or road allowance or remove any earth, gravel or asphalt from
any highway, road allowance or property owned by the municipality; or
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b) subject to subsection (2), operate or permit any farm implement or thing whatsoever to
be operated on the side slope or the top of the grade of any highway so as to in any way
injure the surface.
(2) Adjacent farmers may extend their regular farm land cultivation onto the road allowance,
where it is practical to do so, but only to the side slope of the developed road surface of any class.
Where no developed road or trail exists, farmers assume the risk of cultivating and/or cropping
the road allowance where vested Public Right of Way status remains for municipal access and
access for public enjoyment.
(3) No person shall place or deposit any earth, snow or ice, stones, rubbish, sewage, dead animals,
junked or abandoned vehicles or any other object or substance that may in any way hinder either
the maintenance of or the public's right of passage over a highway or other public place in the
municipality.
(4) Unless authorized by Council by making application under RM Roads Policy TS-300-80, no
person shall erect a fence, gate, sign or other structure or plant any trees or other vegetation:
a) on any part of a highway or road allowance or on property owned by the municipality; or
b) within the area of a right-angled triangle formed at the intersection of two roadways,
where the legs of the triangle extend 92 meters (300 feet) from the mid-point of the
intersection.
(5) A person designated by Council may remove and dispose of any object, substance, structure
or other encumbrance that is placed, deposited or erected contrary to this section.
(6) A person who is found to be in contravention of this section is required to remove the
encumbrance within the time specified in the notice of contravention, if it has not already been
removed pursuant to subsection (5), failing which a person designated by the council may remove
and dispose of it.
(7) Where a person is found to be in contravention of this section and a person designated by
Council has removed the encumbrance pursuant to subsection (5) or (6), the municipality may
charge the expense of doing so to that person. Unpaid amounts may be added to the tax roll as
per clause 369(1)(c) of The Municipalities Act.
Clearing Bush
7. (1) Unless authorized by Council by making application under RM Clearing Bush
Policy TS-300-81, no person shall:
a) Remove trees and/or bush from any part of a highway or road allowance or on
property owned by the municipality.
(2) Adjacent farmers may extend their regular farm land cultivation onto the road
allowance, where it is practical to do so, but only to the side slope of the developed
road surface of any class. Where no developed road or trail exists, farmers assume
the risk of cultivating and/or cropping the road allowance where vested Public Right
of Way status remains for municipal access and access for public enjoyment.
Amended -
Resolution
068/25 March
7, 2025
Carried Un
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Snow ridges and snow fences
8. A person designated by Council shall notify the landowner where practical and may enter on land
adjoining any highway or road allowance for the purpose of making snow ridges or erecting snow
fences as a measure to prevent the blocking of highways by snow drifts.
Roadside Hay Salvage
9. (1) The annual Ditch Mowing program provides control of brush and weeds, which maintains
sightlines for motorists on curves and intersections. The program also optimizes snow storage in
ditches, which reduces drifting on the road's surface during the snowy winter months.
(2) Hay Salvage makes hay available at no cost on municipal road ditches, under the following
guidelines;
a) Requests for hay salvage will be co-ordinated with the RM mowing program.
b) Priority for cutting and baling ditches is given to the adjacent landowner before July 8.
However, after July 8, the hay can be recovered by anyone, without the permission of the
adjacent landowner. This is providing that salvage operations haven't already begun.
c) Hay should be cut at a uniform height in the ditches and bales must be placed no less than
eight meters (26 feet) away from the shoulder of the road. The RM may remove hay bales
in locations deemed dangerous for motorists. As well, all hay bales shall be removed by
August 8, otherwise they will be subject to removal by the RM.
Certain vehicles prohibited
10. No person shall operate or move upon or over a paved road any vehicle or equipment having
metal cleats, metal tracks, tire chains or any other metal device attached to or forming part of the
wheels. This does not apply to vehicles with studded winter tires.
Certain bylaws repealed
11. The following bylaws are repealed:
a) Bylaw 1/91, A Bylaw to establish a Haying Policy;
b) Bylaw 2/99, A Bylaw respecting Ploughing, Encumbering and Obstructing Roads;
c) Bylaw 3/99, A Bylaw to regulate the Parking of Motor Vehicles;
Coming into force
12. This Bylaw comes into force on the day on which it is passed.
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Reeve
(Seal)
________________________
Administrator
Read a Third Time and adopted
This _________day of _________________, 20 ___.
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Administrator